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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4773 - מַרְגֵּמָה

Transliteration

margêmâh

Phonetics

mar-gay-maw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H7275)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2114b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) sling

2) (CLBL) a heap of stones

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Proverbs 1

NAS (1)

Proverbs 1

HCS (1)

Proverbs 1

BSB (1)

Proverbs 1

ESV (1)

Proverbs 1

WEB (1)

Proverbs 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2750) m c r (רגמ RGM) AC: ? CO: Stone AB: ?: The stone is used in a sling or thrown to kill. [from: cr- stoning]

V) m c r (רגמ RGM) - Stone: To throw stones for execution. KJV (16): (vf: Paal) stone - Strongs: H7275 (רָגַם)

N^f1) e m c r (רגמה RGMH) - Crowd: As a heap of stones. KJV (1): council - Strongs: H7277 (רִגְמָה)

a^f1) e m c r m (מרגמה MRGMH) - Sling: A weapon for slinging stones. KJV (1): sling - Strongs: H4773 (מַרְגֵּמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַרְגֵמָה noun feminine sling (?; implement of hurling stone? so ᵐ5 and others; Thes and others stone-heap); — ׳כִּצְרוֺר אֶבֶן בְּמ Proverbs 26:8, see especially Toy.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַרְגֵּמָה f. a heap of stones, from the root רָגַם; Arab. رجم to heap up stones. Proverbs 26:8, כִּצְרֹר אֶבֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָה “as a bag of gems in a heap of stones;” a proverbial expression, similar to Matthew 7:6. Not amiss Luther, als ob man Gdelfteine auf den Rabenftein würfe.-LXX. translate מ׳ a sling (from the root רָגַם to cast stones): ὃς ἀποδεσμεύει λίθον ἐν σφενδόνῃ.

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List of Word Forms

בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה במרגמה bə·mar·gê·māh bemargeMah bəmargêmāh